The Liquor Licence Act of Ontario (the Act) is a provincial act in Ontario dealing with licensing and possession of alcohol. In most cases, the Act impacts eateries requiring a licence to serve alcohol.
Under the provisions of the Act, alcohol is still sold by the province at the LCBO, but also sold by non-government locations like The Beer Store (as Brewers Warehousing Company Limited in 1927); the Wine Rack and Vineyard Estates/Wine Country started as retail stores of Vincor and Andrew Peller wineries respectively before the province restricted growth of winery stores in 1987. Agency stores, small retailers licensed by the LCBO, appeared in 1962.[2][3]
Several revisions to the Act have been made to reflect changes to liquor laws in Ontario, such as in 2015, when premier Kathleen Wynne and her advisor Ed Clark allowed the sale of six-packs of beer in Ontario grocery stores amid a Toronto Star exclusive on the anti-competitive practices made by The Beer Store.[4] The changes took effect on December 15, 2015, when 58 grocery stores throughout the province began selling beer.
^"Ontario Newsroom: LCBO Agency Stores Program Expanded". news.ontario.ca. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
^"Decision On Access to Information Orders". IPC. 2009-04-23. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
^"Beer finally arrives in Ontario grocery stores". Toronto Star. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
External links
Text of the Liquor Licence Act, from the Government of Ontario
January 22, 2023
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